Stove



(No Model.)

O. M. ALLEN. STOVE.

No. 581,974. Patefited May 4, 1897'.

81 l wewtoz Arnr FI IQQ CHARLES M. ALLEN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581 ,9'74, dated May 4,1897. Application filed November 27, 1896. Serial No. 613,475. (Nomodel.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California,have invented an Improvement in Stoves; and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in stoves. It is especiallyadapted for use upon stoves and ranges where cooking is carried on.

It consists in a separable movable top and means for operating it, sothat an opening may be exposed in the top of the stove or range for theintroduction of fuel without the removal of articles which may becooking thereon.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aview of mystove,the front portion being opened out. Fig. 2 is a detail of theoperating device with the track cut away at the end. Fig. 3 is a centralvertical section through the front end of the stove with a portion ofthe roller flattened to lock it when closed. Fig. 4 is'a section takenat right angles to Fig. 2.

A is the stove or range, of any suitable or desired construction, havingthe top B 13, containing the holes with the covers, movable for thereception of pots and other cooking utensils.

The part B of the top is made stationary,and the part B is horizontallymovable. In the present case I have shown the part B provided with arms0, which are fixed to it and extend alongin guides or channels upon eachside beneath the part B. In conjunction with these guides are tracks orsurfaces D, which are supported and move upon rollers D, and toothedracks E, which are adapted to be engaged by toothed pinions E. Theserollers and pinions are fixed upon a shaft F, extending across the stoveor range in any convenient position transversely to the line of movementof the movable top B, so that the pinions will engage with the toothedracks.

Upon either end of the pinion-shaft, as most convenient, is provisionfor the application of a crank G or other appliance by which the pinionsmay be turned, and the racks and top 13, to which they are attached,moved either outward, so as to expose the interior of the fireplace,orinwardly, so as to close and cover the same.

One of the parts B or B has a projecting lip or flange b at the top andthe other one a flange at the bottom, so that when the two are closedtogether these flanges overlap and make a close joint.

In order to insure the parts remaining in position when the top has beenclosed, I either flatten the rollers a little at one side where theymeetthe tracks when the top is closed, and this allows the top to drop down,or the track itself may be slightly cut away or depressed, as shown at(1. Either device will serve, and it allows the top to drop down and befirmly supported when it is closed, so thatthere will be no danger ofits moving out of position. By these means I am enabled to move thatportion of the stove-top which lies above the fireplace to one sidesufliciently to allow fresh fuel to be placed in the fireplace withouttaking any pots or pans or other cooking utensils off the stove, theybeing carried by the movable portion of the top or returned with it.

A horizontal slot or draft-opening at is made just beneath the movableportion of the top, so as to admit air for draft, which, together withthat passing in from the top, will prevent the escape of smoke into theroom. when the top has been opened, although this will not ordinarilyoccur, since the fuel when run down so as to need replenishing isusually comparatively smokeless.

It will be understood that other equivalent devices may be employed formoving the sectional top without materially altering the character ofthe invention.

The opening a is closed, when the top is in its normal closed position,by a lip Z9 projecting down from the top, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A stove or range having a fuel-compartment, a top, one portion ofwhich is stationary, and the other portion above the fuelcompartment ismovable horizontally, guides connected with the movable portion of thetop, tracks or surfaces formed beneath this top, rollers upon which saidsurfaces rest, rack-bars parallel with the tracks and pinions mountedupon the same shaft with the bearing-rollers, adapted to engage theracks whereby the turning of the pinions in one direction will move thetop away and expose the fuel compartment, and moving it in the oppositedirection will close the same.

2. In a stove or range, a top having a fixed and a movable portion,guides connected with the movable portion extending beneath the fixedportion, a track or surface beneath the movable portion of the top,smooth-faced rollers upon which said track is supported, racks parallelwith the tracks and pinions fixed upon the same shaft with the rollersadapted to engage the racks and means for turning the pinion-shaft so asto move the top in one direction or the other.

3. A stove having a fixed and movable sectional top, tracks connectedwith the movable portion, rollers upon which said tracks rest, racks andpinions by which the movable top is moved outward to open it, or inwardto close it, the tracks or rollers having the depressed or flattenedportions at the point where they meet when the top is closed, wherebythe top is allowed to be depressed and rest upon a fixed portion of thestove.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES M. ALLEN. lVitnesscs:

S. H. Nounsn, Gno. II. Srnono.

